Biography
Carlos Souza Jr. got a bachelor's degree in geology from the Pará State Federal University, Brazil, an M.Sc. in soil science from Penn State University, US, and a Ph.D. in geography from the University of California Santa Barbara, US. Dr. Souza Jr. is an associate researcher at Imazon, focusing on remote sensing for mapping and monitoring forests, forest degradation, land use and land cover change, surface water monitoring, and spatial modeling. He has (co)-authored +100 journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. He co-founded Terras App, an IT company that provides solutions for sustainable landscapes, and the MapBiomas Institute, IAMap. Dr. Souza Jr. is a Skoll Awardee and a Mulago Foundation Fellow.